Our guest this week is Joanne McNabb, Director of Privacy Education and Policy for the California Attorney General’s Office. Joanne discusses the findings and recommendations in the recently released 2014 California Data Breach Report. She also offers insight into some of the key factors the Attorney General’s Office considers in deciding whether or not to… Continue Reading

Our interview focuses on Shane Harris and his new book, @War: The Rise of the Military-Internet Complex. It’s a good read and a good book, marred by the occasional deployment of easy lefty tropes – government contractors are mercenaries, the military sees war as an opportunity to expand turf, cybersecurity is a threat to privacy,… Continue Reading

It was a busy week for companies and government agencies struggling to combat the growing threat of cyber-attacks, with some bad news and some good news. Here’s what you need to know, and how we can help. What you Need to know First, the bad news: Lawsuits against Target move forward and lawsuits against Home… Continue Reading

Our guest for the week is Troels Oerting, the head of EC3, Europe’s new cybercrime coordination center. He talks about EC3’s role in the recent take down of over 400 darknet sites, arrests of travelers using fake credit cards and of users of the Blackshades Remote Access Tool. He repeats his view that there are… Continue Reading

Stewart Baker

Stewart served as the first Assistant Secretary for Policy at the Department of Homeland Security where he set cybersecurity policy, including inward investment reviews focused on network security. More

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